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 xiii JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 127 393^. A Waterfall. Exhibited at Leeds, 1868, No. 707 Then in the collection of the Marquess of Exeter, Burleigh House ; where it was in 1854 (Waagen, iii. 407). 394. A Waterfall. The water rushes down between rocks. On a high hill to the right is a cottage ; to the left is a clump of trees. Canvas, 27 inches by 21 inches. Etched. Safe. Delessert, Paris, March 15, 1869, No. 80 (15,500 francs). 395. A Waterfall. On rocks to the left are trees and a house. In the distance are hills. A torrent falls in cascades, breaks in foam on great stones, and carries tree-trunks away with it. In the middle distance is a little bridge across the torrent ; a shepherd with sheep is crossing. Signed on the left ; panel, 28^ inches by 23 inches. Sale. Baron de S, Paris, May 3, 1869, No. 58. 395*. The Edge of a Wood with a Waterfall. On the left a road leads into the depths of the wood. On the road in front lie great tree-trunks. Near them is a game-dealer conversing with a seated woman. In the centre is a tree shattered by lightning. In the right foreground is a waterfall amid rocks. A view of the distance through the outskirts of the wood. Signed on the left ; canvas, 62^ inches by 73 inches. Sale. Baron de S, Paris, May 3, 1869, No. 59. 395^. A River with a Waterfall. Sheep on the bank. Tall and narrow. Sale. Lord Dunmore, London, 1870 (241 : IDS., Pearce). 396. A Waterfall. Sm. 195, and Suppl. 48. A river flows through an open landscape and falls in a cascade in front. On the bank in the middle distance is a fine clump of trees ; beyond are seen the windings of the stream amid the hills. An angler stands on the rugged bank in front ; there are other figures. "The general tone of this picture is unusually clear " (Sm.). A gleam of sunlight in the centre. [Possibly identical with 333.] Canvas, 32 inches by 39 inches. Sale. La Fontaine, Paris, 1824 (.1750, bought in according to Sm., who says that this was an artificial price and no guide as to the real value of the picture). In the Boursault collection, Paris, 1835 (Sm.) ; bought as a whole in 1838 by the dealer Arteria for Edmund Higginson, Saltmarsh Castle. Sales. Edmund Higginson, London, June 4, 1846 (^472 : ios., Rutley). William Delafield, London, April 30, 1870(^288 : i 5s.,Nieuwenhuys). 396*. A Waterfall. Sale. Brussels, June 10, 1871, No. 3. 396^. Landscape with a Waterfall. Sale. Brussels, June 10, 1871, No. 55.